Posts Tagged ‘ Unity ’

Open Forum

Aug 11th, 2021 | By | Category: Forum

This is a forum for questions and answers pertaining to the purpose of Called To Communion, namely, resolving through good faith dialogue the disagreements that presently divide Protestants and Catholics, by together pursuing unity in the truth. These comments will be moderated to ensure they comply with our posting guidelines, so please read those guidelines […]



That There Be No Schisms Among You

Jul 7th, 2020 | By | Category: Blog Posts

I started this essay in 2013, and then put it on the back burner. But now in the midst of a global viral pandemic I decided to complete it. This sort of essay is unusual at Called To Communion because in it I intend to write primarily to my fellow US Catholics. However, the problem […]



Called To Communion’s Ten Year Anniversary

Mar 6th, 2019 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Called To Communion’s first essay was posted on Ash Wednesday in 2009. So today on this Ash Wednesday we give thanks to God for ten years, and ask for His continued grace for sanctity and gifts for service.



The Justice of Worship

Jan 18th, 2019 | By | Category: Blog Posts

This yearā€™s theme for the International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is ā€œJustice, and Only Justice, You Shall Pursue,ā€ and the biblical text from which the theme comes is Deuteronomy 16:11-20.



Authentic and Inauthentic Reform: A Brief Response to Reformanda Initiative’s “Is the Reformation Over: A Statement of Evangelical Convictions”

Nov 3rd, 2016 | By | Category: Blog Posts

I was asked to respond to an article from Reformanda Initiative posted recently on The Gospel Coalition site. The article is titled “Is the Reformation Over? A Statement of Evangelical Convictions.” The full “statement,” which some evangelicals have signed, is located here at “isthereformationover.com.” For readers who may be unfamiliar with Reformanda Initiative, this is […]



A Catholic Assessment of Gregg Allison’s Critique of the “Hermeneutics of Catholicism”

Aug 17th, 2015 | By | Category: Featured Articles

This is a guest article by Eduardo Echeverria. Eduardo was born in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, in 1950. His family immigrated to Manhattan, NY, in 1952. He was raised Roman Catholic, but only responded to the Gospel in the summer of 1970 through the ministry of L’Abri Fellowship,Ā Ā founded by Francis and Edith Schaeffer,Ā and located in the […]



Please Stop Reinventing The Wheel: An Invitation To Peter Leithart

Nov 9th, 2014 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The contributors here atĀ Called To CommunionĀ have previously replied to Peter Leithart. His recent “Staying Put” essentially repeats everything he said in “Too catholic to be Catholic,” so I shall not belabor the points made in ourĀ responseĀ to that post.1 See also “Peter Leithartā€™s ā€œThe Tragedy of Conversionā€ to Catholicism or Orthodoxy.” [↩]



Does the Center Hold? The Story of Fr. Albert Scharbach’s Journey from Westminster Theological Seminary to Catholic Priest

Oct 30th, 2014 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The following is a guest post by Fr. Albert Scharbach. One of the ironies of my new job as a College Guidance Counselor at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, MD is that I get to attend daily mass offered by a priest who graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary. This Fall I have come to […]



Loyalties to Our People: A Reply to D. Stephen Long

Aug 2nd, 2014 | By | Category: Blog Posts

In 2005, D. Stephen Long, professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University, wrote an article titled “In need of a pope?,” in which he considered reasons why Protestantism might need a pope. Subsequently he was asked repeatedly why he did not become Catholic. So last week he wrote an article in The Christian Century titled […]



Pope Francis Apologizes to Pentecostals

Jul 31st, 2014 | By | Category: Unity in the News

Pope Francis and Giovanni Traettino On Monday, July 28, Pope Francis traveled to Caserta, Italy, and in an historical event met with nearly 350 Pentecostal Christians, among whom was the Rev. Giovanni Traettino, a friend of Pope Francis’s from his days as Cardinal Bergoglio. News stories about this visit can be found here and here. […]